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by joelfried 3y ago
I think we can go further. From the US Copyright Office[1]: "A mere listing of ingredients is not protected under copyright law", and from their linked circular on that page [2]: "forms typically contain empty fields or lined
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by joelfried 3y ago
I'm sorry, but courts have lost most of their credibility in recent years. There was an HN thread recently[1] about a person arrested and extradited from one state to another without what appears to be any oversight. Pretending the c
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by joelfried 3y ago
"They already know" is a red herring; there is no "they". "Government" as a single entity has no brain, so the best you can do is ask about individual actors. So let's talk instead about a person: Merric
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by joelfried 3y ago
Every year we find out the guys in their 80s running the country don't care because they'll be dead soon.
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by joelfried 3y ago
It's definitely personal, and hearing what you prioritize and why helps. Thanks!
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by joelfried 3y ago
> Almost a pleasure, in fact Could you elaborate a bit on your workflow that makes it almost enjoyable? My personal workflow can always use an upgrade and I'd love to hear what works for you!
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by joelfried 3y ago
> There are no special techniques, unless one are dealing with special needs kids. You may not know your child is neurodivergent until you are at or beyond this stage of development.
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by joelfried 3y ago
We tried that with our first and it didn't work. Some children require more direct support. Knowing what works for those who need it is pretty huge.
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by joelfried 4y ago
There is more to it than that if indeed he was flagged by a facial recognition pass triggered on a toll booth integrated into some warrant database and one policeman clicking "good enough" too easily. How deeply have these system
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by joelfried 4y ago
I've noticed this feeling myself in the last year, and, honestly I've found it somewhat freeing by following this logic: 1. There is infinite content for me to consume. 2. I have a finite life. 3. Even if I spend my entire life tr
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by joelfried 4y ago
Their blog about their methodology[1] implies to me it's an in-house solution. They also talk at length about maintaining provenance, ethics, and transparency. I found it a much more informative read than the product announcement. [1
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by joelfried 4y ago
> I get it provides some future proofing assurance I don't think you're getting it, and a lot of us around here want you to. If I were actively researching heat pumps (a thing most homeowners do before dropping 4-5 figures on
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by joelfried 4y ago
Not OP, but grew up observant. What's meant there is that you choose to not change the state of the electronics. An light that's already on stays on the entire time - you don't turn it off. You end up with an extra set of
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by joelfried 4y ago
An Augmented Reality Walmart? We're there already? Ohhhhh, that kind of AR!
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by joelfried 4y ago
I doubt it. There's too many ways for this not to work - the police testifies "I never saw that billboard". Even if they admit they saw it, so what? Anybody can say anything on a billboard, the police officer could say &qu
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by joelfried 4y ago
Anger… fear… aggression. The dark side are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice. -- Master Yod
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by joelfried 4y ago
Of course it matters when you attempt to use your own social backing to boost someone else. That you're a commenter who has been around since 2018 who is also an "an ambitious full-stack software engineer, with a deep passion for
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by joelfried 4y ago
So are you against giving people of limited means a way to shift part of the purchase cost of a necessary replacement item into the future? As a concrete example, it seems entirely reasonable to me for someone of limited means to spend som
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by joelfried 4y ago
Assuming we're limiting our scope to the modern American public school system this won't help, at least where I'm located. Teachers are required to have Masters degrees and are paid within the range for a part time cashier a
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by joelfried 4y ago
I think you're missing the forest for the trees here somewhat. What I believe GP to mean is that rather than use written out names and data structure layouts that make code easy to digest for others on the team, some folks choose code
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by joelfried 4y ago
I, as a user, want the best user experience I can have. Who else cares more about the user experience and provides a viable alternative? Google goes out of its way to buy and kill products, and even their core product is so bad that I&#x27
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by joelfried 4y ago
Who is still supporting Windows 3.11?
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by joelfried 4y ago
I left chess.com for the same reason. You'd think it would be considered a best practice to not antagonize your paying customers . . . .
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by joelfried 4y ago
Over 60% of the way past the filter on /r/AskHistorians . . . Agreed we should be a touch more timely!
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by joelfried 4y ago
The way to get better behavior is to point out bad behavior wherever you see it, not shrug and treat it like a broken stair.
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by joelfried 4y ago
Except they don't - heavier objects fall at the same rate (G - 9.8m/s^2) as lighter ones. You can experiment with this yourself - try rolling a ping pong ball and baseball down the same incline. You'll see they hit the bott
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by joelfried 4y ago
It fits between the kama used to harvest rice and the comma used to separate those thoughts.
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by joelfried 5y ago
I appreciate why it feels archaic writ large, but for folks who want to know the animals in question were raised in a certain way (free of antibiotics, to pick something clear), I for one feel more confident that the label is being honest i